Casino VIPs smoked out
Health and anti-gambling advocates want to shut down a smoking balcony at SkyCity where punters can puff away as they play the pokies.The Diamond Lounge has louvre windows, meaning it's officially...
View ArticleBattle for bond heats up
Rental wrangles in the overheated Auckland property market have resulted in more than 1000 complaints to the Tenancy Tribunal each year - almost three a day.When Lisa Butterfield left her...
View ArticleTaxman drove loving dad to death
The family of a man who died under a mountain of debt are outraged at the way he was pursued for child support payments.Paul Anthony Jenkins, 39, killed himself in Geelong last Tuesday, shortly after...
View ArticleFamily terrified about attack
An Auckland father-of-two is "waiting to die" because the man accused of attacking him is out on bail, despite the alleged attack coming while the accused was already on bail on a murder...
View ArticleTeapot costs bid dropped
The Attorney-General has ditched plans to demand nearly $14,000 in court costs from freelance photographer Bradley Ambrose over the long-running "teapot tape" saga.Ambrose was embroiled in controversy...
View ArticleGrieving family still feel loss of only son
Ten years ago this week, Sue Doig lost her "lovely, sensitive boy".The callous murder of 23-year-old Marcus Doig in a Howick pizza bar by 18-year-old Ese Falealii horrified the country. Doig, who was...
View ArticleBy-election would end Banks - poll
Under pressure Act Party leader John Banks has been dealt a further blow with disastrous poll results out today.If a by-election were held tomorrow in Epsom, Banks might well be down the river on the...
View ArticleBoy, 12, found dead in Christchurch carpark
A 12-year-old boy has died in a carpark after "huffing" butane with friends.Darius Claxton died just before midnight Friday in the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton, police said.Ambulance officers...
View ArticleBig crowds turn out to cheer on sporting heroes
The Kiwi teams came out on top, but it was a dead heat in the battle of the codes as nearly 40,000 sports fans turned out to Super Rugby and NRL matches in South Auckland last night.Every seat was sold...
View ArticleHorse meat 'fact of life' - breeder
Thoroughbred horse meat on the restaurant tables of Europe is a sad fact of life, say top names in the racing business.As revealed in last week's Herald on Sunday, horses, including many bred for...
View ArticleTeens get chance to jump from Hercules
Fifty sick or at-risk youngsters had the time of their lives leaping out of an air force Hercules yesterday.The members of CanTeen and Project K were taking part in JumpStart - a charity event giving...
View ArticleRacing resumes after fatal crash
Motorcycle racing has resumed at Manfeild near Feilding this morning, despite the death of a rider in a collision with another bike.Mark Brehaut, 45, died during the first race of the winter season,...
View ArticleTrashed house sours holiday joy
A grieving family returned from a holiday to find their furniture slashed, appliances destroyed and several walls scrawled with menacing messages.The Lovell family went to Fiji after the loss of three...
View ArticleArrest after spate of Invercargill fires
Police in Invercargill are investigating at least three suspicious fires in the city.Senior Sergeant Bruce Terry said one of two teenagers was in police custody after a truck was set on fire in north...
View ArticleDrug mules' amazing wild ride
A feuding couple's farcical attempt to smuggle a record $3 million cocaine haul into New Zealand was one of "the dumbest" criminal enterprises ever seen by the US judge who sentenced them.Tony...
View ArticleJetty death referred to coroner
An investigation into the unexplained death of a young woman whose body was found at a Balclutha jetty was scaled down after a post-mortem exam yesterday.The body of Amberley Rose Findlay was found at...
View ArticlePartying passengers a pain
Security guards are being placed on late-night buses after complaints about intoxicated passengers who cause fights, vomit and demand bus drivers stop and wait while they urinate on the...
View ArticleQuakes strike Wellington, West Coast
Two magnitude 4.2 earthquakes rattled New Zealand today.The first was at a depth of 30km about 10km southwest of Wellington at 11.33am.It was felt in the Wellington region and Picton but emergency...
View ArticleCentrepoint commune leader dies
Bert Potter, the leader and founder of controversial spiritual commune Centrepoint died today, aged 86.Potter's daughter-in-law Felicity Goodyear-Smith said Potter was taken to Middlemore Hospital...
View ArticleGirl, 5, still critical after being hit by ute
A Rotorua 5-year-old has been in surgery all morning for serious head, chest and leg injuries, sustained when she ran onto a road and was hit by a vehicle on Saturday afternoon.Rotorua police say the...
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